document.write( "Question 397253: \"The area of a square is 45 square centimeters. How long is the width?\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I tried taking 45 and finding the square root but, that only lead to 6.74687654387357, or something like that, and the answers are A-22 sqrt( 5 ) cm,
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "After i saw this i tried finding perfect square roots that divided equally into 45 i think 9 is the only one so would the answer be E? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #281581 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "A = L*W = s*s for a square where s is the length of each side
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( "  s^2 = 45 cm^2
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document.write( "  s =   Tossing out negative solution for length
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document.write( "|not uncommon for answers to be given in simplest radical form\r
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document.write( "Note: 3 *  = 6.7082 = sqrt(45)}}}  \n" );
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